Oh! I don't think I would like to catch a sensible man. I shouldn't know what to talk to him about.

Poets know how useful passion is for publication. Nowadays a broken heart will run to many editions.

What of Art? -It is a malady. --Love? -An Illusion. --Religion? -The fashionable substitute for Belief. --You are a sceptic. -Never! Scepticism is the beginning of Faith. --What are you? -To define is to limit.

America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.

The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror.

There's no sin but stupidity.

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.